Storm269, it is polished but only 1200 grit oob ...I just got a THS myself, and took it up to 2k with polish..gets through the heads cleaner now than it did OOB. Have fun with it!! So far I love mine!
I don't have a Pink to compare it to, but I do have a old black buzzsaw/c I still use a lot (diamond core as well) and the THS isnt as aggressive, its about 5-7 boards tamer on the backend for sure, which is what I was looking for when I bought it.